About

I am a fully qualified teacher with ten years of experience working with children and young people across Wiltshire and beyond.

I can provide individual lessons in Orchestral Percussion and in Drum Kit as well as tutoring in Music Theory.

My work in primary schools has given me extensive experience as a percussion workshop facilitator and can work with large groups of children on Djembes, Samba Instruments or even just classroom percussion.

I am the Musical Director of Wiltshire Young Musicians and through them I direct the Steel Pan Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble and the West Wiltshire Youth Orchestra.

I have a huge amount of performing experience and regularly play within a number of ensembles across wide variety of genres. I play percussion for a number of Operas throughout the year and play bass guitar with two function bands playing everything from soul classics to modern hits.

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What I / we help young people achieve

The reason I became a music teacher was to be able to share my passion and expertise in music with young people. I always try to make sure that my pupils enjoy making music and encourage them to communicate the direction they want their learning to go in. I have a 100% pass rate in both drum kit and percussion exams and will always encourage my pupils to join ensembles and make music with other people.

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Opportunities for children & young people

• To learn to play an instrument and / or develop skills on an instrument
• To play, perform music with others
• To learn things about oneself , other subjects or life-skills through musical activity
• To work with and support other young musicians

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Times

• Term Time
• After School

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